When they return, they’ll have to finish up work on some major unresolved issues. Among them is a bill to authorize charter schools.

A Sprague Energy spokesman describes the problem as a “pinhole” that developed in the pipeline, resulting in a “spray.”

ATLANTA — The gap in cancer death rates between college graduates and those who only went to high school is widening, the American Cancer Society reported Friday. Among men, the least educated died of cancer at rates more than 2½ times that of men with college degrees, the latest data show. In the early 1990s, […]

BANGOR — The city of Bangor, Maine has officially hired the developer for a $65 million arena and convention center that was approved by voters last month. In a special meeting Thursday, the City Council voted unanimously to hire Cianbro Corp. for the project in Bass Park. City Council Chairman Susan Hawes says the vote […]

HOOKSETT, N.H. — About 3.7 million of the estimated 4.3 million of the bacteria-collecting sewage disks discharged from a New Hampshire sewage treatment plant in March have been recovered. Geoff Brown, vice president of Enpro, the company hired to collect the thin plastic, 2-inch in diameter disks, says he is confident most will be recovered, […]